Lowrider Game Announced, Gets Official Bounce

Thanks to IGN Wire for hosting the press release announcing the November release of Jaleco's PS2 rhythm-action Lowrider game, as well as the official hookup with industry bible, Lowrider Magazine. According to the release, "Lowrider simulates the American phenomenon of lowriding by putting into the gamers' hands the ability to purchase and upgrade cars, install major hydraulics and choose or create detailed artistry to compete against other vehicles in hops, dances and cruise shows" and there's a selection of screenshots on GameSpot, as well as a preview of the already-released Japanese version.

Comments

Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[Unknown Poltroon]

Seriosly, i have no problem with tricked out cars, but riding around in a toyota carolla with the gold package does not make you cool. Neiter does revving the 4 cylinder engine and squealing the tires in the parking lot.

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[mhesseltine]

Forget annoying teenager. Does it come with the hot asian or latina chicks that hang out at lowrider shows? If so, I'm there dude

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[Anti_Climax]

It's even less impressive when you squeal the tires of an 8cyl when you think about it.

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[Lord_Dweomer]

" Seriosly, i have no problem with tricked out cars, but riding around in a toyota carolla with the gold package does not make you cool. Neiter does revving the 4 cylinder engine and squealing the tires in the parking lot."

Your distasteful comment just proves how you know absolutley NOTHING about low-rider culture. If you think people are dropping their corolla's and hooking em up with hydrolics, you're sadly mistaken. It is usually American cars actually. And older classic ones....like impala's. The corolla's are more reserved for the import mod scene.

And while nothing is cool about a corolla with a gold package, revving a 4 banger after you've done some work on it can be a lot more fun than you think. Especially when that 4 banger dusts the 5.0 mustang next to you at the light. Don't make ignorant comments about a scene you know nothing about just because you feel that it is not "cool", for it is not your place to judge.

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[WTFmonkey]

revving a 4 banger after you've done some work on it can be a lot more fun than you think

Damn right. My '71 VW bus was a monster after I put those dual Porsche carbs on it...

Seriously, "distateful comment?" He's absolutely right. Squeeling your tires in the parking lot (no matter engine size or car make) is just like standing on the hood of your car and dropping trou. "Look at me! Look at me!"

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[Micro$will]

I've seen some really trick low riders, even some cool truck mods with hydraulics, so I agree with the your low rider comment, but...

And while nothing is cool about a corolla with a gold package, revving a 4 banger after you've done some work on it can be a lot more fun than you think.

99.9% of ricers don't do their own mods, well, performance mods anyway, unless you count seat belt covers and stickers as performance mods. No, installing some quasi-performance cold air intake with duct tape and a gallon of permatex is not really a performance mod.

Especially when that 4 banger dusts the 5.0 mustang next to you at the light.

That may happen if the 4 banger happens to be in a Subaru WRX, but in anything else, not without $10K in parts, tuning, and strong tailwind.

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[gmhowell]

Don't bother with the import mod chimps. Somehow, they've convinced themselves that eight pounds of stickers are worth 100 HP. They haven't figured out that the only high powered 4 cylinder machines that are worth a shit have half as many wheels as the base Civic. Or, like you say, a banging turbo from the factory.

Of course, I blame the American drag race scene. The real problem is that Americans are big fans of straight line acceleration. Cars that can stop and handle aren't big sellers over here:( The rice brigade takes cars that *can* handle and stop, screw that all up, stick on a fart pipe, and call it a day.

Speakin' of fart pipes, nature calls...

Re:Does it come complete with annoying teenager?

[mcmonkey]

Whomever modded this up needs a serious bitch slap.

Those are lowriders...you're thinking of rice boys.

A Letter.

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear Simoniker,

No one cares about this game (see comments). It will sell very badly. It caters to the gamer who is both a car afficianado and enjoys Dance Dance Revolution. The number of people in the U.S. who fit into this category is seven. Please don't ever mention this game again. Thank you.

yours truly,
a friend.

Hmm.. does anyone care?

[Pengo]

Seems like this is about as interesting to the average slashdoter as the Barbie Makeup and Hair Studio.

Others in the series

[mugnyte]

BoxMod! Simulates all the fun and adventure of modding your PC into a translucent glowing overclocked liquid cooled bios burner!

Ring Designer! Practice that fine art of finding the perfect stone, alloy and maker for the best price and see if she'll marry you! Bonus points for knowing when to haggle each merchant down without dropping the deal!

Code Freak! Given a large pile of command line tools, solve ever-more increasing problems against the clock. Reap the benefits of abstracting prior works at the right level to make utilities useful in later levels!

Seriously, I think car mods are a dumb way to get a race car. HOWEVER, if someone wants to glue every piece of aftermarket plastic to their car and pretend, SO BE IT. Mods are a part of life at many levels, and part of people's (quite futile) Yearning To Be Different. So what?

Sure, selling a game about it is even dumber, but for fans of the concept, they'll get it for kids. I bet it took less time to develop than the manhours that'll fill up these slashdot comments.

mug